A former WWE talent recalls falling asleep while working with The Deadman.
While speaking to Denise Salcedo, Hornswoggle talked about the time he fell asleep under the apron during a match on Smackdown involving the Undertaker in 2008.
“There is a famous story. I was going to do a spot with The Undertaker where Finlay was going to come under, roll me out, throw me in the ring and I was going to have an interaction with The Undertaker, the night before I was a little over-served.
I had a few too many, and I was sleeping under the ring and I’m laying face down and Finlay lifts the apron and he thought I got knocked out from one of the beams. No, I was just sleeping. He goes, ‘Hey, wake up!’ I look at him. He goes, ‘What are you doing now?’ I realise like, ‘oh, shoot! I just missed my cue. The Undertaker.’ The Undertaker is above me like I have to do it with him. He throws me in the ring and the whole time I’m going under my breath. ‘I’m so sorry. I’m so sorry.
It was just like The Undertaker, one of the legends and biggest legends of all time. I am doing my spot with him. Yeah, it was awesome. But he gets to the back, and he goes, ‘What, what happened?’ ‘He fell asleep.’ He goes, ‘You fell asleep?’ Yeah.”
Hornswoggle
Of course, there was no real harm done in the segment and it appears that The Undertaker saw the funny side of the incident.
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